10.5% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broadbeach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broadbeach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in unpaid community and home work in Broadbeach than in most similar areas. Only 10.5% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low level of participation extends across childcare and housework too.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people in Broadbeach volunteer, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few residents perform unpaid work at home; only 12.5% care for children unpaid and 12.7% do more than 15 hours of housework, both of which are far below the national typicals. Unpaid care for others is also much lower than most areas at 7.9%.
7.9% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.7% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 2.4% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
2.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Broadbeach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30380/broadbeach/topic/community